New book: DAIM - his first 25 years of work now in print

Mirko Reisser (DAIM) [book]: 1989 – 2014

DAIM's new book is a retrospective covering this graffiti master's first 25 years of work. Daim's 3D graffiti styles continue to amaze viewers worldwide.

320 pages! And just in time for the holidays.

English and German text and full-color artwork.

Read more about this book, and find out where to buy it, on Daim's website.


Also, if you'll be traveling to Bern, Switzerland soon, check out his Monomania exhibition there -- up until January 10, 2015.

CA, Los Angeles: Jun 8 - Sep 21, 2014: Scratch

Experience 11: Scratch

Many events, check the link. Zine fair and calligraphy course are next.

http://esmoa.org/experience/experience-11-scratch-june-8-until-september-21-2014/

SCRATCH Artists   AiseBorn | Alex “Defer” Kizu | Arbe | Atlas | Augustine Kofie | Axis | Big Sleeps | Bob Roberts | Charlie Roberts | Cryptik | David Cowan (Miner) | Demer One | Design 9 | Devin Flynn (Relm) | Dr.Eye | Earn One | Eder | Enkone | Eric “Cre8” Walker | Eyeone | Fearo | Fishe | Gajin Fujita | Gorgs | Heaven | Hert | Jeffrey Saunders(Dye5) | Jose “Prime” Reza | Kasl | Keo One | Kopey | Korea | Kozem | Krush | Kyle Kyote | Lokus | Mark 7 | Patrick Martinez | Nuke | Pedro Balugo (PJ) | Plek | Pyer | Raymond “Gramps ”Green | Roder 169 | Saber | Sano | Steven Tishkoff (Mist) | Swank | Tanner | Tempt | Thanks | The Phantom Street Artist | Versus 269 | Vyal | Wram One
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CA, Los Angeles: Aug 30, 2014: Blade - King of Graffiti book signing & Freedom show opens (through Sep. 13)

BLADE

BLADE is considered “The King of Graffiti” because by 1980, after painting 5,000 wildly creative trains, he stopped counting. Known and loved by the graffiti community, BLADE is not a myth but a crowned head visionary who has painted a rich collection of artwork on the street and on canvas. BLADE’s first solo show in Los Angeles, this exhibit features new large-scale spray paint and paint marker artworks on canvas and NYC subway maps. Inspired by his own characters, letters, colors, and abstract imagery from some of his own subway train masterpieces from the 1970’s, the collection of artwork is a throwback to his innovative style that influenced generations of contemporary artists all over the world. Titles like “METALLIC MADNESS” and “METEROIC RAINBOW ” are reminiscent of the silver spray paint and metal trains that BLADE painted fiercely. His gifted perception for color and letter style are not just nostalgic but defining for the golden era of subway art. In “JOINT MAN ,” BLADE paints a character he originally created in 1976, at age 19, on an IRT Train. These new paintings are a look at the past fused with BLADE’s ever-future imagination of today. BLADE: KING OF GRAFFITI is a colorful hardbound collectible book about BLADE, the prolific and legendary graffiti artist from the Bronx. BLADE’s career has spanned over forty years and writer/NY graffiti artist Chris Pape, aka FREEDOM , sits down with him to recount his high’s and low’s in this 250 page book, packed with vintage photos of his life and artwork. This book parallels the New York graffiti movement almost from its inception, moving through its glory years in the mid-1970s, when BLADE earned his title, and ending in the global art scene, where he remains a major presence. BLADE helped New York graffiti become internationally famous by making it look fun, and, for reasons of quantity, quality, and, perhaps above all, for sheer spirit, BLADE may very well be the most popular graffiti artist with his peers. This recently released book is available for sale at THE SEVENTH LETTER STORE for $39.99.

FREEDOM

FREEDOM grew up on the Upper West side of Manhattan and his name became cemented in graffiti history when he painted what became known as the Freedom Tunnel from 1980 - 1996. The tunnel underneath NYC was once FREEDOM ’s personal hall of fame, featuring many of his silver and black spray paint masterpieces, which included recreations of great artworks from history to specifically homage the importance and influence they have on graffiti art.

The city of New York and Amtrak have since buffed much of the Freedom Tunnel unfortunately but FREEDOM has found another a tunnel to paint in Rochester, upstate New York.

Inspired by his new work in that tunnel, THE ROCHESTER SERIES is a collection of 12” x 16” paintings on wooden panels, larger works on canvas, and traditional NYC wild style piece book drawings reinvented with added collage. Exploring pop objects from his youth, FREEDOM is mining vintage imagery as if he is sifting through subway grating looking for urban archaeology.

Using color in ways he never could in the 1980’s, these works are bright with exciting hues. FREEDOM paints iconic comic book heroes and classic products with graphic cartoony logos incorporating distressed backgrounds to bring into the gallery walls his musings from his current tunnel spray paint installations. In “THE THING ,” FREEDOM tags up historical NYC graffiti writers FLINT , MIKE 171, TAKI 183, and many others, again referencing the impact and gravity of his graffiti community, the writing idols of the walls.

NYC Blade signing: Fri. Aug. 8, 2014 // New books: BLADE King of Graffiti and 100 European Graffiti Artists

Book Signing for BLADE: Friday, August 8, 2014, 6:30 PM at The Museum of the City of New York

Museum event details: http://www.mcny.org/event/blade-king-graffiti

Two new books just published:

Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of two new graffiti art titles: Blade: King of Graffiti and 100 European Graffiti Artists:


BLADE has already told his life story through graffiti. Now, more than forty years into his career and armed with an incredible memory, BLADE sits down with Chris Pape to reflect on growing up in the Bronx in the turbulent 1970s, and recounts the highs and lows of his storied career, holding nothing back.

BLADE is considered “The King of Graffiti” because, by 1980, after painting 5,000 wildly creative trains, he stopped counting. This book parallels the New York graffiti movement almost from its inception, moving through its glory years in the mid-1970s, when BLADE earned his title, and ending in the global art scene, where he remains a major presence.

BLADE helped New York graffiti become internationally famous by making it look fun, and, for reasons of quantity, quality, and, perhaps above all, for sheer spirit, BLADE may very well be the most popular graffiti artist with his peers.

Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 653 images | 256 pp
ISBN13: 9780764346613 | Binding: hard cover | $39.99
http://www.schifferbooks.com/blade-king-of-graffiti-5540.html

One hundred extraordinary artists representing many European cities, each with its own and often uniquely inspiring graffiti scene, including London, Amsterdam, Paris, and more. 

This dense, sprawling portfolio is the product of “modern day documenter” Steam 156′s undisputed knowledge of European graffiti, and includes artist profiles, most written by the artists themselves, crew affiliations, locations, the year they started, details about style, influences, and characteristic strokes, contours, and angles, with hundreds of photos in all. 

A medium of powerful, youthful, artistic expression, graffiti spread rampantly across Europe in the early 1980s–and has never ceased. Cities across the continent are now hosts to halls of fame, abandoned spaces, and streets full of incredible work by artists, featured in this book, who are carrying the art form boldly into the future and expanding its influence even further.

Size: 12″ x 9″ | 889 images | 224 pp
ISBN13: 9780764346583 | Binding: hard cover | $50.00

http://www.schifferbooks.com/100-european-graffiti-artists-5517.html

Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. is a family-owned, independent publisher of high-quality books. Since 1974, Schiffer has published thousands of titles on the diverse subjects that fuel our readers' passions.  Visit www.schifferbooks.com to explore our backlist of 5,000+ titles.

iPad app: 2Many2Name by KEL1ST - Graffiti Wild Style History

When I first made Art Crimes, in 1994, KEL1ST (pronounced "Kel First") and his brother, MARE139, already had a slick, beautiful website, called VoiceOfTheGhetto.com (now long gone). Since then, they've both been off doing great interactive projects, paintings, sculptures, blogs, you name it.

This new interactive book from KEL1ST is an effort from the heart (and from his personal photo collection). For history. For you. The good stuff.

2Many2Name
(The app's website —— Tip: You might want to view this multimedia website on a computer or iPad.)

iOS 6 and above
app made for iPad viewing

On wild style, train history, New York City —— from someone who was there.

Randy "KEL1ST" Rodriguez presents "2Many2Name," the first in-depth view of Graffiti Wild Style. 2Many2Name is a historical review of the use of the number 2 by different Grand Masters of Graffiti. KEL1ST's narrative takes you on a ride.

Available now at https://appsto.re/us/PIPtX.i

New Book: Zombie Love, by WonABC

Zombie Love

Release: 11.2013 | Size: 21,0 × 27,4 cm | Pages: 160 | Retail: 24,90 EUR | ISBN: 978-3-939566-12-0 | English | Hardcover
Buy it at http://www.stylefile.com/

Zombies are everywhere – they threaten the existence of mankind in movies, novels, music and games and reflect the growing fears of the people for diseases, epidemics, nuclear war and death. The interest in the undead heroes of the pop culture is growing since the first popular zombie films in the 60s. These creatures also fascinated WON ABC from Munich at very early stage and inspired him to his own unique zombie characters. Thanks to him, zombies were also introduced in urban art. His debut Colour Kamikaze from 1991 impressed with its affinity for undead beings and with its filigree and impressive attention for detail, which even H.R. Giger paid tribute to. Zombielove is the long-awaited follow-up to that first book by WON.

Publisher:
Publikat Verlags-und Handels GmbH & Co. KG Hauptstraße 204 D-63814 Mainaschaff Germany
www.publikat.de
info@publikat.de

[Won's first book was the most work I've ever seen in one art book. Won's art is so detailed it rewards the careful viewer every time you look at one of his pieces. Each illustration, every canvas and train is an amazing masterpiece. It's exciting that he's got another one out! Don't miss it. - Susan]

NYC: Feb 4 - Aug 24, 2014: City as Canvas

City As Canvas
http://www.mcny.org/content/city-canvas

Martin Wong, an East Village artist and collector of graffiti art, amassed a treasure trove of hundreds of works on paper and canvas—in aerosol, ink, and other mediums.

“City as Canvas” focuses on the 1970s and ’80s, featuring the work of Mr. Goodstone (Sharp), Lee Quiñones (LEE), Christopher Ellis (Daze), Andrew Witten (Zephyr), Donald White (Dondi), Sandra Fabara (Lady Pink), Rammellzee, and Keith Haring. They are among the pioneers who laid the foundation for the New York graffiti art movement.

The artists are seminal figures in an artistic movement that spawned a worldwide phenomenon, altering music, fashion, and popular visual culture. The exhibition City as Canvas: Graffiti Art from the Martin Wong Collection begins with photographs of graffiti writing long erased from subways and buildings.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/arts/design/a-medici-to-spray-paint-and-graffiti-artists.html

NYC: Feb 22 - Mar 1, 2014: Outdoor Gallery: new book

Outdoor Gallery, New York City - Book Launch

17 Frost St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

reception: Feb 22, 6-10pm

 Outdoor Gallery – New York City documents the vibrant and diverse outdoor art of New York City, a global epicenter for street art and graffiti. The book features works created by 46 of the most prolific artists working on the streets of New York City. The beautifully photographed artworks are accompanied by illuminating interviews, consisting of the artists’ thoughts on New York, the current state of street art, the future of this dynamic medium, and their own work and processes. As outdoor art is ephemeral and constantly changing, it is necessarily current and relevant, Outdoor Gallery captures the zeitgeist of this dynamic countercultural art form in the context of the global movement. A complete list of artists featured in the exhibition follows.
          
About the author
Yoav Litvin is a photographer and writer and well-published scientist living in New York City. In Outdoor Gallery – New York city, he applies his scientific rigor and methodology to form a unique, contemporary and unbiased survey of the art on the streets of New York City. Yoav Litvin contributes to popular blogs that cover New York City-based and global street culture.

About the book
Publication Date: February 22nd, 2014
Specifications: 240 Pages, Jacketed hardcover, 9.5” x 11.5”
ISBN: 978-1-58423-553-8, Retail Price - $39.95
Published by: Gingko Press / 1321 Fifth Street  / Berkeley, CA 94710
PH: 510-898-1195
http://www.gingkopress.com/

Artists Featured in the exhibition

CHRIS STAIN
TOOFLY
JOE IURATO
ALICE MIZRACHI
DAIN
OCMC
LILLIAN LORRAINE
ASTRODUB
RUSSELL KING
ELLE DEADSEX
ADAM DARE
FUMERO
ARMY OF ONE / JC2
ASVP
JILLY BALLISTIC
ENZO AND NIO
MIYOK
GILF!
ICY AND SOT (IRAN)
HELLBENT
EKG
SHIRO
INDIE184
COPE2
FREE5
CERN
SOFIA MALDONALDO (PUERTO RICO)
PHETUS88
BISHOP203
CHRISRWK
VENGRWK
GAIA
THE YOK (AUSTRALIA)
KRAM (SPAIN)
BUNNYM
ELSOL25
QRST
ND’A
OVERUNDER
LUNARNEWYEAR
SHINSHIN
BILLY MODE
DIRTYBANDITS
DEGA FILMS

New Book: Gods of Graffiti by Fuzz One

New Book: Street Art London: 100 UK Graffiti Artists

Steam's book! He's a Foto King, so it's got to be good. Get them while they last.

Video:
http://vimeo.com/60752463

A compilation of the latest and best street art that has graced London's bare walls, complete with quotes and commentary from the artists themselves.

The streets of London are not actually paved with gold but, their walls are decorated with the liveliest, freshest, coolest street art in the world (and not just from the elusive Banksy). London's bare, sometimes decrepit walls have become public galleries on which the British and international street artists have maintained an un-authorised exhibition for over ten years.

STREET ART LONDON is focused on the latest and best of London's many street artists. The ephemeral pieces that infuse the street scene with new meaning are preserved in this book, which not only allows these works to be enjoyed long after the council paints over them, but also places the pieces within a broader context.

Welcome to a selection of some of the best street art that London has seen, as photographed by one of the most long standing and influential appreciators and documenters of the form – Steam
156.

Frank "Steam156" Malt is a legendary graffiti and street art documenter with thirty years' experience of documenting street art around the world. Steam156 has featured in magazines such as Time Out, Face, ID, Sunday Times, Best and many more. He is a sought after commentator on graffiti culture, penning articles for magazines like Hip Hop Connection, Knowledge and He also leads graffiti tours, allowing street art lovers to get up close and personal with London's very best.

Street Art London
Release date: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9789185639588
160 pages, £17.99 €22.90 £17,99 $28.95

Dokument Press
Box 773, 12002 Årsta, Sweden
Tel: 0046 (0)8 13 33 32

www.dokument.org
http://www.100ukgraffitiartists.co.uk/
and other fine bookstores, worldwide

Meeting of Styles city update / Arabic Graffiti - from FHTF

Canada, Toronto: April 2, 2013: Hidden Toronto book launch

Hidden Toronto - by Kathy Toth
A photo book exploring graffiti in the hidden corners of Toronto

(Toronto) Hidden Toronto by Kathy Toth is a new photobook launching April 2 (5-8pm) at Swipe Design @ 401 Richmond. Graffiti in Toronto and how Rob Ford has driven artists to legitimacy and pushed then underground as well.

Graffiti once considered a truly underground art form developed in Toronto a little later then other US and European cities under liberal circumstances and benefited from the many legal spaces where artists could paint free of harassment. This has remained constant for almost twenty years, however with the election of Rob Ford and his limited understanding of the art form and extremely conservative 'buffing' policy, artists have taken their work in droves to hidden spots which now get painted more often. This includes less trafficked areas such as drainage channels, bridges, overpasses and abandoned buildings which are featured in 'Hidden Toronto'.

Many of these spaces are only seen by the artists and urban explorers and require a fair bit of trekking and specific instructions (or luck) to find, making them more special then coming across work in Rush Lane. While graffiti is an ephemeral art form, political policies as well as developments have changed our city on many levels and even the underground elements reflect this. 

Gentrification aside, some elements of the city still remain hidden just below the surface and new work and spaces are out there to be discovered and this book features imagery from these locations which not only document the artwork and spaces themselves, but also the mood.

Kathy Toth is a local commercial photographer and visual artist whose documentary projects focus on elements of the urban, industrial and built environment. She has documented graffiti in Toronto for almost 20 years and this is her first solo photo book project. She has exhibited her paintings and photography extensively and is currently working on related projects.

You may view her work here www.ktoth.ca and view the Hidden Toronto website: http://cargocollective.com/hidden416/


Hidden Toronto - Kathy Toth
Released : April 2013
Hardcover, 8.74 x 11.25 59pp
ISBN : 978-0-9917777-0-9
Photo book format with 52 images

April 2 (5-8pm) at Swipe Design @ 401 Richmond

Book: TheGrifters PhotoBook Two - Bulgaria

GRIFTERS CODE EPISODE 3: UNFOLLOW THE LEADER

from Teh Grifters on Vimeo.
TheGrifters.org

TheGrifters PhotoBook Two:

Preview here: (sign-in required because of adult content apparently) http://issuu.com/bobtark/docs/thegrifters_photobook_2

100% Grifters film photography, the raw and uncut interview that we gave for Concrete magazine + a travel report from a hiking trip to the Seven Lakes of Rila in Bulgaria.

All personally signed!

Size: A5
Pages: 104 full color

Price: 15 Euros including worldwide shipping (After 15 February)

Order here: http://thegrifters.bigcartel.com/product/thegrifters-photobook-2

Book: New York Subway Graffiti 1973-1975 by Keith Baugh

New York Subway Graffiti 1973-1975 by Keith Baugh - Expanded 2nd edition

New Book: All Stations - Australian trains

All Stations Magazine - All Stations Issue 1 was the first ever full colour, trains only, graffiti magazine in Australia. This rare gem has been out of print for more than 10 years until now. We are proud to bring you an e-book version of the Aussie graffiti classic. It features work from many of Australia's realest and best train writers including Banos and Zombe OSF/TM.

Every cent we make from this book will be donated to help Fuzz One meet the costs of publishing his next book. We won't make a penny from this at all. Given that the philosophy of All Stations was that of love and respect for the NYC masters, this is a great opportunity to give something back.

By buying this book/ebook, not only do you get a rare piece of Australian graf history, you're also helping an NYC subway king get more history into the public eye. Please buy one and tell your friends about it.

http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/362904-all-stations-issue-1

New Book: Flip the Script, A guidebook for Aspiring Vandals & Typographers

This book is a monumental collection of graffiti lettering and regional styles. It is the first serious attempt to catalog lettering and alphabets in the USA in a systematic way. Although no survey of styles will ever be complete, it's a worthy effort that lays down an important visual historical foundation.

Hand styles, tags, histories, interviews ... this book has it all. This is an epic addition to graffiti history and to typography studies, brought to you by Christian Acker of http://www.handselecta.com

Anyone who's done their homework will recognize the names of the writers whose knowledge and hands grace this book. It's the kind of book that only someone who knows what's up can write.

It's the size of a traditional blackbook with a rugged textbook-style cover, high-quality paper, and a satin, sewn-in bookmark appropriate to its seriousness as a working reference for the lettering-obsessed. 

- Susan

http://christianacker.tumblr.com
http://gingkopress.com/05-str/flip-the-script__gra.html
http://www.amazon.com/Flip-Script-Christian-P-Acker/dp/1584234601/


Gingko Press in association with Upper Playground is pleased to announce the release of

FLIP THE SCRIPT: A Guidebook for Aspiring Vandals and Typographers.

Graffiti is one of the last strongholds of highly refined, well practiced penmanship in our contemporary culture. The tag, that most reviled and persecuted form of graffiti, is seldom appreciated for its raw beauty and skeletal letter forms. The casual viewer seldom discerns the difference between entry level and advanced hand styles.

Within the pages of FLIP THE SCRIPT, author Christian Acker systematically analyzes historic hand styles by collecting the work of writers from the most influential American cities and searching for the origins and commonalities that connect people, places and times. While distilling years worth of interviews with graffiti writers from all over the country, intersecting tales emerge that reveal a web of unwitting connections and influences.

FLIP THE SCRIPT has captured a representation of geographic differences within contemporary folk-art history; a history rapidly becoming muddied by internet culture. Acker presents the lettering samples in a clean, chronological format, for the first time giving the material a formal treatment evocative of classical calligraphy manuals and typography books.

FLIP THE SCRIPT includes art and interviews from luminaries such as: TAKI 183, STAY HIGH 149, HAZE, CORNBREAD, ESPO, AGUA, RENOS, GREY, DUGONE, MIKE GIANT, CHAZ BOJORQUEZ, SLICK, & CRAIG STECYCK.

224 pages, Hardcover, 8 ̋ x 10.5 ̋ (178 x 229 mm) 100s of 2-color illustrations, English ISBN: 978-1-58423-460-9 Retail: $ 35.00
Publication Date: 3.8.2013

Washington DC: Feb. 22-Apr. 7, 2013: Pump Me Up

3 days of events coming up next month in Washington DC

• PUMP ME UP at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (runs through Apr 7)
• The Legend of Cool "Disco" Dan movie premiere and the 
• 9:30 club show DC Funk-Punk Throwback Jam celebrating the opening of the Corcoran show and the movie premiere.

PUMP ME UP
DC subCULTURES OF THE 1980s

The show runs from February 23 - April 7, Please check it out!

(Friday February 22nd, 8-11pm. PUMP ME UP – Opening Party IS SOLD OUT.)

Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design 

Pump Me Up: D.C. Subculture of the 1980s, the first exhibition to explore the thriving underground of Washington, D.C. during the 1980s, giving visual form to the raucous energy of graffiti, Go-Go music, and a world-renowned punk and hardcore scene.

The Legend of Cool "Disco" Dan
Film Premiere

Saturday February 23rd, 8pm is SOLD OUT - BUT we added a second screening at 10:45pm at 

AFI Silver Theater
8633 Colesville Rd
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Featuring Henry Rollins introducing the film.

Discover the "other" Washington of the 1980s through the story of legendary graffiti artist Cool "Disco" Dan, a mysterious, ubiquitous presence during the height of go-go music, record crime rates and city-wide dysfunction. Few people knew every block of the city like Dan, and as intrigue about his identity grew, his illegal scrawl became a unifying force for a city on the verge of chaos.

Narrated by DC native Henry Rollins and featuring interviews with "Mayor for Life" Marion Barry, civil rights activist Rev. Walter Fauntroy, punk rock historian and activist Mark Andersen and musicians Chuck Brown and Ian MacKaye, this documentary from filmmakers Joseph Pattisall and Roger Gastman (producer, EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP) tells a fascinating chapter of DC history.

DIR Joseph Pattisall; PROD Roger Gastman. US, 2012, color and b&w, 90 min. NR. The movie will play for this one night only and is selling out fast.

Purchase tickets for the World Premiere of The Legend of Cool "Disco" Dan film.
Watch the trailer for this movie.

9:30 Club DC Funk-Punk Throwback

Sunday February 24th

9:30 Club
815 V St. NW
Washington DC 20001
 

presents DC Funk-Punk Throwback Jam.

This is a unique concert celebrating all sides of the Washington DC music scene with sets by Trouble Funk, Scream, Shady Groove, Black Market Baby, DJ Kool, Junkyard, Youth Brigade, Static Disruptors, Worlds Collide, w/ Special Guests Stinky Dink, DJ Tommy B and more and Hosted by Henry Rollins.
Purchase tickets for the 9:30 Club DC Punk-Funk Throwback
 

This unique 3 day event covering museum, film and music will be like nothing you've seen before or will ever see again.  You will not want to miss this!

PUMP ME UP Book

PUMP ME UP - DC SUBCULTURE OF THE 1980s is a hardcover collectible book ($44.95, 8.5” x 11,” 320 pages) and research companion to Pump Me Up: D.C. Subculture of the 1980s, the exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design, and a complement to the documentary film, The Legend of COOL “DISCO” DAN.

Purchase a copy of the Pump Me Up book

New book: Hidden Toronto

Hidden Toronto

It's not really a graffiti book, more a book showcasing the places and environments where graffiti springs up, by one of Canada's most dedicated graffiti documentary photographers, Kathy Toth. There are three sections, the city, bridges and drains which have an illustration and short text briefly explaining the role of each in the urban environment.

http://cargocollective.com/hidden416/

Released : February 2013.
Hardcover, 8.74 x 11.25,  55pp
ISBN : 978-0-9917777-0-9
Photo book format with 42 images + (2) 8"x10" (open edition) signed prints

New Book: Billboard Bandits

Billboard Bandits: Outlaw Artists in the Sky

A 208-page hardcover packed with photos and interviews, Billboard Bandits dives deep within graffiti and street art subcultures and their fascination with conquering the billboard.

The book's interviews include 18 top graffiti and street artists from the USA and UK, including Augor.MSK, the Billboard Liberation Front (BLF) and Ron English. They specialize in everything from integrating their pieces into the advertisement itself to adding their artwork to the blank billboard back. A few are "billboard liberators," manipulating the ads to convey their message (subvertising).  

www.billboardbandits.com
www.facebook.com/billboardbandits

New Book: BANKSY. YOU ARE AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF THREAT

Unlike the small paperbacks of yesteryear, this new Banksy book will make a spot for itself on your coffee table. It's in full color and showcases lots of his recent work - it's mostly full-page photos - interspersed with cheeky remarks from various sources. It's just the sort of unreliable narrative you'd expect from Banksy. A lovely collectible volume.

10 1/4” x 8 3/4”

228 pages
ISBN: 978-1-908211-08-8
$35.00 AUGUST 2012

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CarpetBombingCulture
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Darlington
Co Durham DL3 7TD

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